| SPOT PRICES | ||
| Courtesy of ScotiaBank | ||
| Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | ||
| Precious Metals | Price (US$/oz.) | Change |
| Gold | $1573.00 | -22.00 |
| Silver | $26.93 | -0.49 |
| Platinum | $1393.00 | -35.00 |
| Palladium | $564.00 | -21.00 |
| Base Metals | Price (US$/tonne) | Change |
| Nickel | $15701.00 | +105.00 |
| Lead | $1856.25 | -3.00 |
| Copper | $7417.00 | +16.00 |
| Zinc | $1806.50 | -7.00 |
| LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS | ||
| Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 23, 2012 (change from July 2 in brackets): | ||
| Aluminium Alloy | 94360 | (-1040) |
| Aluminium | 4850500 | (+50650) |
| Copper | 252550 | (+875) |
| Lead | 336350 | (-6625) |
| Nickel | 110622 | (+3492) |
| Tin | 11720 | (-375) |
| Zinc | 1011200 | (+23050) |
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$12,750.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$10.30/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$1.08/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures August 2012: US$55.73; September 2012: US$57.73
Cobalt: Recent trades US$12.75-13.50/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures August 2012: US$3.368/lb.; Comex September 2012: $3.368/lb.
Indium: Mid-mkt US$580.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$1,050.00/tr. oz.
Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$3,250.00/t.
Manganese: Mid-mkt US$2,845,000.00/t.
Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.).
Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$12.25-12.55/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,202.50/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$102.50/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$48.50/lb.
Silver: Base: US$27.06; Fabricated: US$32.47; Sterling: US$25.09.
Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$103/lb. CIF China
Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$18.83/kg
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$391.00 per mtu; APT U.S. mid-mkt: US$407.50 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$50.25/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: N.A.
Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, recent trades US$5.75-6.00/lb.
Prices current July 23, 2012
| DAILY METAL PRICES | |||||
| Date | July 23 |
July 20 |
July 19 |
July 18 |
July 17 |
| BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) | |||||
| Al Alloy | 1720/1740 | 1760/1780 | 1770/1790 | 1770/1790 | 1770/1790 |
| Aluminum | 1835/1860.50 | 1894/1913 | 1908.50/1934 | 1868/1895 | 1888/1917 |
| Copper | 7386/7389 | 7620/7635 | 7764.50/7761 | 7595/7595 | 7670/7675 |
| Lead | 1850/1858.50 | 1898.50/1905.50 | 1920/1926 | 1872/1883 | 1888/1907.50 |
| Nickel | 15630/15625 | 15810/15895 | 16175/16175 | 15980/16040 | 16100/16200 |
| Tin | 18450/18490 | 18985/18995 | 19200/19200 | 18650/18700 | 18850/18850 |
| Zinc | 1798/1806 | 1850/1854.50 | 1882.50/1888.50 | 1852/1860 | 1885/1884 |
| PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.) | |||||
| Gold AM | 1571.50 | 1583.00 | 1580.00 | 1579.50 | 1595.00 |
| Gold PM | 1572.25 | 1576.25 | 1584.00 | 1575.25 | 1585.25 |
| Silver | 26.95 | 27.07 | 27.45 | 27.03 | 27.42 |
| Platinum | 1393.00 | 1408.00 | 1415.00 | 1405.00 | 1419.00 |
| Palladium | 565.00 | 577.00 | 581.00 | 576.00 | 583.00 |
LEGEND
A – Australian Stock Exchange
C – CNSX Canadian National Stock Exchange
J – Johannesburg Stock Exchange
L – London Stock Exchange
M – Mexico Stock Exchange
N – New York Stock Exchange
O – U.S. over-the-counter
Q – NASDAQ or U.S. OTC
T – Toronto Stock Exchange
V – TSX Venture Exchange
X – NYSE Alternext U.S.
* – Denotes price in U.S.$
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CONVERSION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
1 troy ounce = 31.1 grams
1 kilogram = 32.15 troy ounces
1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds
1 (metric) tonne = 1,000 kilograms
1 (metric) tonne = 2,204.6 pounds
1 (short) ton = 2,000 pounds
1 (metric) tonne = 1.1023 (short) tons
1 gram per (metric) tonne = 0.02917 troy ounces per (short) ton
= 0.03215 troy ounces per (metric) tonne
1 kilometre = 0.6214 miles
1 hectare = 2.47 acres
| CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS | |||||||
| Fund name | July 23 |
July 16 |
Change | Change | YTD | MER* | Assets* |
| ($) | ($) | ($) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (M$) | |
| AGF Pr Mtl | 26.86 | 27.30 | -0.44 | -1.6 | -21.46 | 2.56 | 698.9 |
| Altamira Pr & Str Mtl | 12.59 | 21.65 | -9.06 | -41.8 | -25.90 | 2.35 | 83.5 |
| BMO Junior Gold Index ETF | 12.67 | 13.05 | 0.13 | 4.3 | -25.26 | 0.58 | 108.4 |
| BMO Pr Mtl | 20.27 | 20.72 | -0.45 | -2.2 | -21.05 | 133.6 | |
| CIBC Pr Mtl | 15.09 | 15.67 | -0.58 | -3.7 | -26.21 | 2.40 | 141.8 |
| Dynamic Can Pr Mtl | 11.78 | 12.25 | -0.47 | -3.8 | -24.29 | 1.65 | 811.6 |
| London Life Pr Mtl (MX) | 30.14 | 30.77 | -0.63 | -2.0 | -26.04 | 3.37 | 259.2 |
| Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl | 14.28 | 14.58 | -0.30 | -2.1 | -25.62 | 2.44 | 569.9 |
| Middlefield Precious Metals | 10.80 | 11.00 | -0.20 | -1.8 | -28.44 | 2.48 | 8.5 |
| Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl | 16.46 | 16.80 | -0.34 | -2.0 | -25.7 | 2.70 | 66.7 |
| RBC Global Pr Mtl | 34.82 | 35.76 | -0.94 | -2.6 | -23.5 | 2.04 | 1380.4 |
| Sentry Pr Mtl Growth | 43.70 | 45.27 | -1.57 | -3.5 | -24.4 | 2.75 | 731.5 |
| Sprott Gold and Pr Minls | 43.33 | 43.89 | -0.56 | -1.3 | -29.7 | 2.84 | 854 |
| Sprott Gold and Pr Minls | 45.64 | 46.21 | -0.57 | -1.2 | -29.3 | 1.78 | n/a |
| TD Pr Mtl | 43.82 | 44.91 | -1.09 | -2.4 | -25.0 | 2.15 | 313.9 |
| TD Pr Mtll-A | 9.26 | 9.49 | -0.23 | -2.4 | -25.1 | 2.31 | n/a |
| iShares Can Gold Sector Index | 17.36 | 17.73 | -0.37 | -2.1 | -22.74 | 0.55 | 1063.3 |
| Featured Fund: CIBC Precious Metals as of 05/31/12 (in weighted order): Silver Wheaton, Randgold Resources, Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, B2 Gold, Allied Nevada Gold, Alacer Gold, Semafo. Fund Manager: Craig Porter. | |||||||
| NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES | |||||||
Date |
July 23 |
July 20 |
July 19 |
July 18 |
July 17 |
52-week | |
| High | Low | ||||||
| TSX Composite | 11545.54 | 11622.91 | 11665.70 | 11579.15 | 11571.19 | 13486.31 | 10848.19 |
| S&P/TSX-Ven Comp | 1174.16 | 1196.19 | 1190.87 | 1182.34 | 1176.75 | 2061.46 | 1153.90 |
| S&P TSX 60 | 659.37 | 663.40 | 666.43 | 662.03 | 661.52 | 769.00 | 622.16 |
| Global Gold | 277.72 | 282.75 | 281.56 | 279.40 | 284.40 | 455.38 | 265.99 |
| TSX Metals & Mining | 808.55 | 835.60 | 852.60 | 816.48 | 805.78 | 1469.08 | 751.86 |
| Gold & Silver XAU | 143.54 | 147.58 | 148.02 | 146.30 | 148.09 | 228.98 | 140.94 |
| Amex Gold Bugs | 388.67 | 398.88 | 397.74 | 393.25 | 399.07 | 638.59 | 372.74 |
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